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MOTOR OMNIBUS.

APPLICATION fILED 0CT.'3I. 19:3. RENEWED m. 20, 1911.

1,241,795. Patented Oct. 2,1917.

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[1 I U n ATTI) NEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD B. WEAVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 GAS-ELECTRIC MOTORIBUSCORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MOTOR-OMNIBUS.

Specification of Letters Patent Application filed October 31, 1913,Serial No. 798,435. Renewed February 20, 1917. Serial No. 149,940.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD B. WVEAVER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Omnibuses, ofwhich the following is a description.

My invention relates to improvements in double-deck or'single deckstepless motor omnibuses, in which proportionably with the dimensionsthe seating capacity is the largest and the space occupied by the motor,the stairway and the accessories are the smallest, and access and exitfrom the car are most convenient. The objects of my improvement are 1st.To provide a low-step omnibus, the floor of which is the step, andwithout other steps in the car on the lower deck or on the upper deck.

2nd. To provide a single side entrance, commanded by the conductor, forboth entrance and exit;

3rd. To locate the wheels within the con-- tour of the car, so that thefloor step may be in contact with the curb and on a level with it,without intervening space for missteps.

4th. To locate the driving mechanism in the lost space under the stalrsin a ,manner not to encroach upon the seating capacity of the car;

5th. To fprovide a removable motor and truck, pre erably directconnected, so that the car body may always be in service.

Other objects will appear from the description.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is theupper deck plan of my improved car;

Fig. 2 is the lov/er deck plan; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of myimproved Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

A is the car body;

B is a removable truck and motor, preferably direct connected;

- C is the forward steering truck;

D the side door;

E the drivers seat, near which is located the steering mechanism, E, andthe power control not shown, and which may be of any usual or convenienttype.

F is the floor of the lower deck, which is also the low step. which maybe on a level with the curb and in contact with the curb when the car isstopped.

G is the cutaway portion of the car body forward, to permit the steeringwheels to be set within the contour line of the body of the car, and topermit floor contact at the edge of the floor with the curb.

II is the floor of the upper deck;

I are the stairs leading up and down to and from the upper deck;

K is the location of the oil tank or a part of the battery boxes, theremainder being located under the stairs on the lower deck, or, ifpreferred, a part of them may be located under the seats on the lowerdeck;

L is the parapet of the upper deck.

As I prefer the construction of my improved motor omnibus, it may have alen h over all of 20 feet 11 inches, a width of feet 6 inches, and awheel base of 16 feet 5 inches, giving an inside length of 16 feet and 6inches, with the lower deck at the door about 8 inches from the streetsurface, rising gradually toward the front.

The one door of the car is on the righthand side looking forward, and aclear space on the lower deck inside is provided by omitting one seat onthe door side of the car, in which is stationed the conductor, havingcommand of the aisle on the lower-deck and thestairs, past whom allpassengers must move in enterinr the car and passing to a seat, and whois conveniently located for collecting fares as passengers enter, freedfrom the necessity of moving through the car or to the upper deck.

The forward truck is let into the body of the car, and may be flush withthe side; and the motor truck in the rear, with its spring, is alsopreferably within the contour of the car, so that the car may be linedup to the curb, with the floor in contact with the curb and on the samelevel.

Such being the construction of my improved motor omnibus, the operationis apparent. The lost room under the stairs is utilized for the motorand batteries; the motor truck is removable, so that the car body may bein constant use, there is no available outside in proportion to itsdimensions, is greater than any other.

' The low floor and stepless feature have never before been obtained inmotor omnibuses without sacrifice of seating capacity; and the length,in proportion to capacity, enables the omnibus to make sharp turnswithout danger of accident.

I have specified by way of example only, and not as a limitation, thepreferred form, but changes may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire "to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Adouble-deck, stepless motor omnibus, having both decks of a continuousfloor, the lower deck hung low, a stairway to the upper deck, and aprime mover and a driving axle and wheels under the stairway.

2. A double-deck, stepless motor omnibus, having both decks of acontinuous floor, the lower deck hung low, a stairway to the upper deck,a side door adjacent to the stairway, a recess forthe power unitunderneath the stairway, anda removable power unit comprising the axleand driving wheels in said recess.

3.A double-deck, stepless omnibus, having a car body hung low, withoutentrance steps or chassis, a stairway to the upper deck, a removableprime mover and driving axle and wheels under the steering truck infront.

4:. A stepless motor omnibus, having the floor hung low, withoutentrance steps or chassis, a removable prime mover and driving axle andwheels, front.

5. A stepless motor omnibus, having the and a steering truck in with alow hung floor .side door entrance,

stairway, and" a In witness whereof I have hereunto set 111 floor hunglow, without entrance steps within the car or at the entrance,

wheels within the contour of the car, a prime mover and a driving axleand wheels, and a steering truck in front.

6. A stepless motor omnibus having the floor hung low, without entrancesteps a side door,

supporting truck for one end having wheels within thecontour of the car,and a removable unit comprising a prime mover and driving wheels forsupporting the other end of the omnibus.

8. In a motor omnibus, the combination having no entrance stepswi'thinthe car or at the entrance, of a wheels within the contour of the car topermit close approach of the entrance to the curb, and means for drivingcertain of said wheels.

In a,motor omnibus, the combination with a low hung fioor having noentrance steps within the car or at the entrance, of a side doorentrance, wheels within the contour of the car to permit close approachof the entrance to the curb, means for driving certain of said wheels,an upper deck, and a stairway thereto within the car.

hand at the city, county and State of New York, this 28th day ofOctober, 1913.

' -HAROLD B. WEAVER. In presence of- J 0B J. RANAGAN, FRANK EU'FEMIA.

